The first time I approached Mark Richt in person, I expected him to offer a pedestrian sentence and stride on past me to his truck.
Georgia head coach Mark Richt celebrates with the fans during the second half of an NCAA college football game between Georgia and Kentucky on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, in Athens, Ga. (AJ Reynolds/Staff, @ajreynoldsphoto)
I was a 20-year old “reporter” for the UGA student newspaper.
He was the football coach of the previously No. 1 ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Alabama had come through Athens five days earlier and showed everybody who was what.